The Journey Tribute band Odyssey RoadA Perfect Tribute Band…

Odyssey Road is one of the best tribute bands I’ve ever heard, hands down. No, they don’t look like Journey (for the most part), but they have the sound and arrangements nailed down tight. I can speak with some authority on Journey; I know Deen Castronovo, the drummer (he played on my kit when he was growing up), and I’ve heard them live five times in the last few years since Deen was drumming with them. Heck, I covered Journey music in the 70′s, the days before Steve Perry when they were more prog-rock than power ballad…

Journey songs aren’t easy to cover, even if you’ve got a vocalist that can hit those notes and duplicate that tone. The guitar parts ain’t easy (Schon is, after all, rated among the guitar gods); Journey’s drummers have always been stellar, and Castronovo is no exception; and the keys and bass have to be perfect. I have never heard a band cover even one Journey song like these guys in Odyssey Road do; and these guys covered hours of pure Journey without a noticeable flaw.